James Langley Dalton

James Langley Dalton (1833-7 January 1887) was a British Army Assistant Commissary who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War.

Biography
James Langley Dalton was born in London, England in 1833, and he enlisted in the British Army in 1849 at the age of 17. In 1862, he transferred to the Commissariat Corps with the rank of Corporal, and he was promoted to Sergeant in 1863 and Staff Sergeant in 1867. He served in Canada in 1870 before retiring in 1871, and he settled in South Africa in the following years. In 1877, he volunteered to serve as Acting Assistant Commissary with the British force there, and he fought in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War when the Zulus attacked the British outpost at Rorke's Drift. Dalton was severely wounded by a Zulu spear, but he continued to fight on; he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery. He died in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1887.